Hollywood stars are taking aim at Kyle Rittenhouse after the teenage shooter broke into tears while on the witness stand.
With the Rittenhouse verdict on the horizon, law enforcement agencies and the National Guard have begun preparing for potential civil unrest across the country.
In the meanwhile, Hollywood has taken a jab at the 18-year-old, who shot dead two Black Lives Matter protestors in alleged self-defense last year, and accused him of “fake crying” in an attempt to get sympathy from the jury.
“What tears????? I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court,” basketball star LeBron James tweeted in response to Rittenhouse’s testimony on the witness stand.
“This is how the first take of a crying scene can look. Weeks of anxiety to push the tears out and you come up empty,” Kevin Zegers of Gossip Girl said.
“Bad acting coach, crocodile tears — but perfect for Judge to give Rittenhouse a stern slap on the wrist & proclaim justice done. Ain’t that America?” Deadline editor Dominic Patten added.
Meanwhile, Matthew Federman, the co-creator of Blood and Treasure, compared the defendant’s crying to that of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh who was previously accused of sexual assault.
In a never-ending wave of tweets, various actors and showbiz figures went on to accuse the teenager of being a “terrible f***ing actor”, as Fast and Furious star Chad Lindberg put it.
“I don’t know if Kyle Rittenhouse was fake crying. I do know that he crossed state lines and shot three people, killing two of them. I also know that if he weren’t white, he’d probably wouldn’t be on trial. Because he’d be dead,” Blacklist writer Pat Cunnane suggested.
“The judge in Kenosha, WI and the defense attorney in Glynn County, GA are doing a good job of showing why we DO need to examine systemic racism in our legal institutions – which is what critical race theory actually is about,” Star Trek star George Takei added.
“If you want to see how justice often leans hard toward privilege, watch the judge in the Rittenhouse case. A deplorable example, indeed.”
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